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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Burgundy
		Burgundian Kingdom, which was united with those of Germany and Italy after the death of its last separate king, Rudolf the Third [1032], has had a
		Burgundian State from which sprang the two kingdoms of Belgium and the Netherlands, is an historical phenomenon of intense
		Burgundian era in this country which was subsequently known as the Spanish Netherlands.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03068a.htm (3584 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Low Countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Prior to early modern nationbuilding, the Low Countries referred to a wide area of northern Europe roughly stretching from Dunkirk at its south-western point to the area of Schleswig-Holstein at its north-eastern point, from the estuary of the Scheldt in the south to Frisia in the north.
		In 1477 the Burgundian holdings in the area, the Burgundian Netherlands passed through an heiress Mary of Burgundy to the Habsburgs.
		In English, the plural form Netherlands is used for the present-day country, but in Dutch that plural has been dropped, with the pleasant side-effect that one can thus distinguish between the older, larger Netherlands and the current country.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Low_Countries (387 words)

	History of the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The history of the Netherlands is closely related to that of the Low Countries; it was not until the 16th century that an independent state roughly corresponding to the present-day country was established.
		The Netherlands have been inhabited since the last ice age; the oldest remnants that have been found are a hundred thousand years old.
		The Iron Age brought fortune to the Netherlands, because iron ore was found in the North ("moeras ijzererts") as well as in the centre (natural "balls" with iron in them, at the Veluwe) as well as in the South (red iron ore near the rivers in Brabant).
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/History_of_the_Netherlands (2995 words)

	Holy Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the 18th century, it still consisted of most of modern Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as well as large parts of modern Poland and small parts of the Netherlands and Croatia.
		In the 18th century, when the Empire was already in decline, Voltaire famously ridiculed its nomenclature by saying that the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
		At the height of the empire it contained most of the territory of today's Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czech Republic and Slovenia, as well as eastern France, northern and part of central Italy, western Poland and western Croatia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire (5692 words)

	Belgium encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Belgium politics and officials, Belgian History. Travel to Belgium
		The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549, issued by Charles V, established the Seventeen Provinces (or Spanish Netherlands in its broad sense) as an entity separate from the Empire and from France.
		This comprised all of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg except for the lands of the Bishopric of Liège.
		The Netherlands retained the former two while French Flanders, which had been annexed at the time of Louis XIV remained in French possession, and Eupen remained within the German Confederation, although it would pass to Belgium after World War I as compensation for the war.
	www.belgiumiworld.com /wiki-History_of_Belgium (5039 words)

	Belgium - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Most of them were united in the course of the 14th and 15th centuries by the house of Burgundy as the Burgundian Netherlands.
		Until independence, the Southern Netherlands were sought after by numerous French conquerors and were the theatre of most Franco-Spanish and Franco-Austrian wars during the 17th and 18th centuries.
		The reunification of the Low Countries as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands occurred at the end of the French Empire in 1815.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/e/l/Belgium.html (3919 words)

	Burgundian Netherlands: Court Life \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Burgundian Netherlands refers to an area encompassing the Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) and northern France during the period when it was ruled by the dukes of Burgundy, from the end of the fourteenth to the end of the fifteenth century.
		From 1441, the large court was based in Brussels, but since the dukes liked to travel from one residence to another, the impact of Burgundian patronage was widespread, stimulating the arts throughout the region.
		flourished under Burgundian patronage, as demonsed by the numerous devotional and secular books produced for members of the court.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/bnpu/hd_bnpu.htm (873 words)

	Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych
		After the death of Duke Charles the Bold in 1477 and the marriage of his daughter, Mary of Burgundy, to Emperor Maximilian I, the Burgundian Netherlands became part of the Holy Roman Empire, which included Austria, Germany, and Spain.
		In 1519 Maximilian's daughter, Margaret of Austria, was appointed regent and governess of the Netherlands by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In the 15th and early 16th centuries the power and influence of the Burgundian Netherlands far outweighed its relatively small size.
		Art also flourished, and the Netherlands, along with Italy, was one of the preeminent centers of painting in the Renaissance.
	www.nga.gov /exhibitions/2006/diptych/diptych3.shtm (245 words)

	CMA Special Exhibitions : Patronage of the Burgundian Court (1364-1419)
		A direct example of his influence lies on the outskirts of Dijon at the Chartreuse de Champmol, a monastery founded for 24 monks to house the tombs of the dukes of Burgundy and their successors in perpetuity.
		Altarpieces and private devotional paintings were commissioned from Jean de Beaumetz (Franco-Flemish, c.1335-1396), Jean Malouel (Netherlands, 1365-1415), Henri Bellechose (Flemish, 1415-1440), and Melchior Broederlam (Netherlandish, active c., who served the court as painters at various times.
		He was interested in power and politics but continued to support the arts, continuing his father's collection of tapestries, books and illuminations as well as paintings and sculpture.
	www.clevelandart.org /exhibcef/burgundy/html/patronage.html (600 words)

	Burgundian Netherlands: Private Life \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		, the Southern Netherlands became one of the most powerful and artistically sophisticated regions in Europe during the fifteenth century.
		But though the Burgundian court was the single most important artistic patron during the period, private citizens were no less interested in using art to express their spiritual concerns and personal ambitions.
		Art is perhaps our most informative guide to the multifaceted private lives of the Burgundian Netherlands.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/bnpr/hd_bnpr.htm (724 words)

	Low_Countries
		The term is not particularly current in modern contexts because the region does not very exactly correspond with the sovereign states of The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, for which an alternate term, the Benelux was applied after World War II.
		Before early modern nation building, the Low Countries referred to a wide area of northern Europe roughly stretching from Dunkirk at its southwestern point to the area of Schleswig-Holstein at its northeastern point, from the estuary of the Scheldt in the south to Frisia in the north.
		So Nederland (singular) is used for the modern nation and de Nederlanden (plural) for the domains of Charles V. However, the plural term "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" (Kingdom of the Netherlands) still is the official Dutch name of the country.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/low_countries.html (675 words)

	History of Holland \| Learn Dutch
		Just as the title “History of England” gradually includes the histories of Wales, of Scotland, of Ireland, and finally of the widespread British Empire, so is it in a smaller way with the history that is told in the following pages.
		That history, to be really complete, should begin with an account of mediaeval Holland in the feudal times which preceded the Burgundian period; and such an account was indeed actually written, but the plan of this work, which forms one of the volumes of a series, precluded its publication.
		The character, however, of the people of the province of Holland, and of its sister and closely allied province of Zeeland, its qualities of toughness, of endurance, of seamanship and maritime enterprise, spring from the peculiar amphibious nature of the country, which differs from that of any other country in the world.
	www.learn-dutch.info /history-holland-book (1556 words)

	Compare Breda Hotels & Read-Up Guest Reviews.
		Mastbosch Hotel is located on the edge of one of the oldest forests of the Netherlands.
		The hotel is situated on the southern edge of Burgundian Breda, near the beautiful Mastbos forest, along the most important link between Rotterdam and Antwerp.
		This hotel is part of the French hotel group 'Groupe Envergure' which represents 900 hotels in Europe.
	www.bredahotels.com (419 words)

	's-hertogenbosch Lodging, Accommodations, Hotels
		This recently renovated hotel offers not only personal hospitality and comfortable rooms with bath, shower, toilet, color television and telephone, but also car parking facilities for a small fee, in the indoor garage.
		Of course, your meeting or conference can be perfectly combined with a visit to the old, burgundian city Den Bosch with its many inns, pubs, grand cafés and restaurants.
		Den Bosch is also the ideal base for local trips to theme parks such as De Efteling Fun Park, Beekse Bergen safari park, the Autotron traffic park or a fun boat trip to the old city Heusden.
	www.placestogonetherlands.com /s-hertogenbosch-netherlands.html (286 words)

	Hotels Maastricht - Hotels in Maastricht Netherlands - Maastricht Hotels
		Stationsstraat 40 Maastricht 6221 BR Burgundian tradition meets refreshing modernism at the Design Hotel La Bergère, the Netherland's first designer hotel and "Member of Design" Hotels world wide.
		The Nh Zuid Limburg Is Situated In The Southernmost Tip Of The Netherlands, In The Gloamings Of The Limburg Gueldal, Also Know As The Pearl Of South Limburg.
		Nijverheidsweg 35 Maastricht 6227 AL Ideal for the traveling executive Hotel Van Der Valk in Maasricht, Netherlands is a ten minutes walking distance to the MECC Conference Hall and other city attractions.
	www.netherlandshotelfinder.com /NL/Maastricht.html (612 words)

	Amazon.com: The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 (The Middle Ages Series): Books: Wim ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		John the Fearless: The Growth of Burgundian Power (History of Valois Burgundy) by Richard Vaughan
		When the story of the Burgundian Netherlands began in 1369, the " foreigner" Philip the Bold, son of the late French king John II and brother of the reigning king Charles V, had only six years earlier been named duke of Burgundy and first peer of France by his father.
		The Burgundian Netherlands by Walter Prevenier on 4 pages
	www.amazon.com /Promised-Lands-Countries-Burgundian-1369-1530/dp/0812213823 (694 words)

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